1560

Years: 1557 1558 1559 - 1560 - 1561 1562 1563

Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands.
• July 6 - Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the "Auld Alliance" between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbor.
• August 17 - the Roman Church is overthrown and Protestantism was established as the national religion in Scotland.
• Jean Nicot introduces tobacco in the form of snuff to the French court.
• Solihull School was founded.

Births

• January 17 - Gaspard Bauhin, botanist
• August 7 - Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian serial killer
• Andrea Andreani, Italian artist (possibly in 1540)

Deaths

• April 19 - Philipp Melancthon, German theologian
• December 5 - Francis II of France

Marriages